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Assembly hosts town hall on Bill of Rights

By Sonia Qin | February 25, 2016

Last night, Student Assembly held a town hall event to present its Bill of Rights draft and answer questions from students, faculty and staff interested in the document. Around 30 students and several members of the administration attended the event.

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DartMUN to take place this weekend

By Samantha Stern | February 25, 2016

With the surge of high school juniors and seniors, one might think it is a holiday weekend full of families touring campus. In fact, the 400 high school students crowding Dartmouth’s campus over the next few days are part of the 11th Dartmouth Model United Nations Conference. The conference, planned entirely by Dartmouth students, will last from today through Sunday afternoon.

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Forum talks STEM and the humanities

By Sungil Ahn | February 25, 2016

Yesterday afternoon, the Leslie Center for the Humanities held a forum called “STEM and the Liberal Arts” focusing on the interaction between liberal arts and the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. Keynote speaker and history professor Cecilia Gaposchkin spoke to an audience of 20, mostly comprised of deans and professors from various disciplines.

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Student arrested in connection with Streeter arson

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | February 25, 2016

The Hanover Police Department arrested Vikram Naidu ’18 today on felony charges of arson and reckless misconduct in connection with the fire that occurred in Streeter Hall at 2:49 a.m. on Feb. 18, according to press release from the department. Two trash cans were intentionally set on fire during the incident.

Twenty groups presented innovative ideas in less than two minutes as part of The Pitch.
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DALI, DEN host The Pitch

By Sonia Qin | February 24, 2016

Last night, Dartmouth’s very own shark-tank style, entrepreneurial show, The Pitch, was held at Loew Auditorium from 7 to 9 p.m. The event attracted dozens of audience members as 20 groups pitched their start-up ideas to a panel of six judges.

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Hanover primary results vary from state’s

By Carter Brace | February 24, 2016

The Feb. 9 New Hampshire primaries saw Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump claim decisive victories in their respective Democratic and Republican contests. However, the statewide results were not reflected in Hanover. In Hanover and surrounding towns, former Ohio Gov. John Kasich received the most votes in the Republican primary. At the same time, in the Democratic primary, Sanders’ margin of victory over Hillary Clinton was smaller in Hanover than it was statewide. Sanders won with 2,286 votes to Clinton’s 2,005 in Hanover. Statewide, Sanders swept Clinton with 60.4 percent to her 38 percent.

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Master’s of public health degree to be offered online

By Erin Lee | February 24, 2016

In August, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice will launch its online master of public health program for the first time. In addition to online lectures and projects, the two-year program will also include six short residential periods where students convene on campus to meet each other and their professors, TDI academic director for education Alice Andrews said.

Dartmouth students attended the Inter-Ivy First-Generation Students' Conference.
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Students attend 1vyG conference at Harvard

By Rachel Favors | February 23, 2016

Three-hundred and fifty college students, administrators, alumni, experts and community partners from around the country came together at Harvard University to celebrate the first-generation college student identity during the second annual Inter-Ivy First-Generation Students’ conference last weekend.

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Alumni design vibrator for women

By Emilia Baldwin | February 23, 2016

After hearing about her midwest conservative upbringing, one might be surprised to learn that Elizabeth Klinger ’10 created Lioness, a company focused on creating a vibrator for women, with her business partner James Wang ’10.

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‘Wanda’ device improves security

By Joe Regan | February 23, 2016

Computer science doctoral student Tim Pierson’s new device may seem to many like a magic wand. Better known as “Wanda,” the programmed wand allows users to securely connect wireless devices to a Wi-Fi network with a tap, removing a number of security risks in the process.

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College considers new heating system

By Zachary Benjamin | February 22, 2016

As winter approaches each year, Dartmouth is forced to increase its energy usage to keep its inhabitants sheltered from the cold. However, many students remain unaware of how the College’s heating system functions, or about what technologies could be adopted to make it more effective.

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Students create content for department sites through Content Corps

By Heyi Jiang | February 22, 2016

In January, the Student Content Corps officially launched as a new program with a two-fold goal. First proposed by web content strategist Sarah Maxell Crosby ’04, the Content Corps primarily generates content for the College’s academic departments’ websites, while giving students the chance to work on a web-based product.

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Conference focuses on Latino health

By Sara McGahan | February 21, 2016

The Geisel School of Medicine chapter of the Latino Medical Students Association recently celebrated one year of existence. Coinciding with their one-year anniversary, the group hosted the LMSA Northeast Regional Conference this weekend.

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Isen ’18 wins Sinai award

By Daniel Kim | February 21, 2016

In reference to the Jewish value of engaging different opinions, Cameron Isen ’18 mentioned an old Jewish joke: ask a question to two Jews, you’ll get three opinions. For Isen, the debate was whether as a Torah-observant Jew, he was allowed to study secular subjects. As a double major in economics and classics, Isen said he had been interested in the intersection between secular academia and Jewish theology.

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Q&A with Andrew Campbell on mobile health

By Amanda Zhou | February 21, 2016

Computer science professor Andrew Campbell recently returned form his three month sabbatical in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital city. While he was there, he taught high school, undergraduate and graduate students how to program smartphones. The Dartmouth sat down with Campbell to talk about his time abroad.

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Panel focuses on women in leadership

By Sungil Ahn | February 18, 2016

Fifty people, mostly women, gathered in the Rockefeller Center yesterday evening to hear a discussion about women in leadership and the different workplace experiences women face compared to men.

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‘Inside Dartmouth’s Budget’ course to begin in spring

By Sonia Qin | February 18, 2016

In the spring term, Dartmouth will be rolling out its third annual offering of “Inside Dartmouth’s Budget,” a six-session non-credit course available to undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff. Each session is two hours long and will take place in the Life Sciences Center on Thursday evenings from March 31 to May 5.

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